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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Shreveport, LA

March 26, 2000Red River County, Texas

NWS Shreveport, LA issued this tornado warning at Mar 26, 2000, 8:11 PM CST for Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2000, 8:11 PM CST (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2000, 9:00 PM CST
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Shreveport, LA
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Red River County, TX

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 26, 7:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 288 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2000-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
288 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KSHV 270212
TORSHV
TXC387-270300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
811 PM CST SUN MAR 26 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SHREVEPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN TEXAS

* UNTIL 900 PM CST

* AT 811 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 28 MILES NORTHWEST     
  OF CLARKSVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
   CLARKSVILLE AT 850 PM CST

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE
DIFFICULT TO SEE. TAKE COVER NOW! YOU MAY ONLY HAVE A FEW SECONDS.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STRONG BUILDING OR GET INTO A
DITCH OR CULVERT.

REPEATING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING
FOR...
  RED RIVER COUNTY IN TEXAS
UNTIL 900 PM CST.

LAT...LON 3407 9522 3396 9542 3342 9505 3354^ 9483

The office that day

Everything else NWS Shreveport, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 8:58 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Red River47 min
Mar 26, 9:40 PM CSTTornado WarningSHVBowie, Cass50 min
Mar 26, 9:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVCamp, Morris, Titus55 min
Mar 26, 10:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVBowie67 min
Mar 26, 10:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVMarion67 min
Mar 26, 10:51 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSHVHarrison54 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.